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Intro; Foreword; Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Modernization of Asian Theatres; References; Part I: Process of Asian Theatre Modernization; Chapter 2: Relevant Figures at the Early Stage of the Modernization of Japanese Theatre; Introduction; The First Attempt at the Modernization of the Arts; Katsureki Performances by Ichikawa Danjuro IX; Yoda Gakkai and Soshi Theatre; Fukuchi Ochi and New Kabuki; Hanabusa Ryugai's Theatre Activities; References; Chapter 3: The Modernization of Korean Theatre Through the Reception of Western Realism
What Is the Modernization in Korea?The Modernization of Korean Theatre; The Western-Style Indoor Theatre; The New Sinpa Theatre of the 1910s; The Students' Groups and 'Towolhoe' of the 1920s; Theatre of Social Realism; The Achievement of Realistic Theatre by 'Theatre Arts Studies (Keugyeul Yeonguhoe)' in the 1930s; Commercial Theatres in the 1930s and War Time Propaganda Theatre in the 1940s; After the Independence; Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Movement of the Western Modern Drama in Taiwan and Its Modernity; Introduction; Shingeki and Its Modernity in Taiwan
Shingeki in Taiwan and the Relationship Between Japan and ChinaDramas as Shingeki Published in the Taiwan People News; Chinese Contemporary Dramas Performed in Taiwan During the Age of Japanese Rule; Position of Cheung Wai-yin in the Shingeki History in Taiwan; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix 1: Productions of Taiwan Shingeki in the 1920s; Appendix 2 Plays Published in Taiwan People News; References; Chapter 5: Staging Reality: Premodern Drama in China at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Reform of Traditional Opera; Spring Willow Society; Acculturation and Civilized Drama
Direct Routes to RealityTopicality; Quotidian Speech and Dialect; Western Costumes and Natural Acting; Realistic Stage Sets; Before Realism; References; Chapter 6: The Modernization of Malay Theatre: From the Makeshift Stages of the Bangsal to the Proscenium Stage; Modernization and Traditional Theatres; "Modern", Scripted Sandiwara Plays; Plot and Narrative Structures of Sandiwara Plays; Modern Drama: The Realistic, Sitting Room Plays; Plot, Theme and Narrative Structure of Realistic Plays; Conclusion: Modernity Versus Tradition; References
Chapter 7: Metamorphosis: "Modernity" on Stage - The Formation of the Chinese Spoken Drama in Singapore (1913-1937)Prologue; Act I: The Birth (1913-1917); Act II: The Infant (1918-1927); Act III: The Growth (1927-1937); Epilogue: An Unfinished Journey Towards Maturity (1937-1965); References; Chapter 8: Modernization Re(ad)dressed in Indian Theatre; Part 1; Part 2; New Methodology of Learning; Part 3; Parsi Theatre: A New Wave of Modernity; Conclusion; References; Part II: Problematics of Asian Theatre Tradition; Chapter 9: Representation of Chines\e and Western Classics: 108 Heroes and Measure for Measure in Taiwan
What Is the Modernization in Korea?The Modernization of Korean Theatre; The Western-Style Indoor Theatre; The New Sinpa Theatre of the 1910s; The Students' Groups and 'Towolhoe' of the 1920s; Theatre of Social Realism; The Achievement of Realistic Theatre by 'Theatre Arts Studies (Keugyeul Yeonguhoe)' in the 1930s; Commercial Theatres in the 1930s and War Time Propaganda Theatre in the 1940s; After the Independence; Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Movement of the Western Modern Drama in Taiwan and Its Modernity; Introduction; Shingeki and Its Modernity in Taiwan
Shingeki in Taiwan and the Relationship Between Japan and ChinaDramas as Shingeki Published in the Taiwan People News; Chinese Contemporary Dramas Performed in Taiwan During the Age of Japanese Rule; Position of Cheung Wai-yin in the Shingeki History in Taiwan; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix 1: Productions of Taiwan Shingeki in the 1920s; Appendix 2 Plays Published in Taiwan People News; References; Chapter 5: Staging Reality: Premodern Drama in China at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Reform of Traditional Opera; Spring Willow Society; Acculturation and Civilized Drama
Direct Routes to RealityTopicality; Quotidian Speech and Dialect; Western Costumes and Natural Acting; Realistic Stage Sets; Before Realism; References; Chapter 6: The Modernization of Malay Theatre: From the Makeshift Stages of the Bangsal to the Proscenium Stage; Modernization and Traditional Theatres; "Modern", Scripted Sandiwara Plays; Plot and Narrative Structures of Sandiwara Plays; Modern Drama: The Realistic, Sitting Room Plays; Plot, Theme and Narrative Structure of Realistic Plays; Conclusion: Modernity Versus Tradition; References
Chapter 7: Metamorphosis: "Modernity" on Stage - The Formation of the Chinese Spoken Drama in Singapore (1913-1937)Prologue; Act I: The Birth (1913-1917); Act II: The Infant (1918-1927); Act III: The Growth (1927-1937); Epilogue: An Unfinished Journey Towards Maturity (1937-1965); References; Chapter 8: Modernization Re(ad)dressed in Indian Theatre; Part 1; Part 2; New Methodology of Learning; Part 3; Parsi Theatre: A New Wave of Modernity; Conclusion; References; Part II: Problematics of Asian Theatre Tradition; Chapter 9: Representation of Chines\e and Western Classics: 108 Heroes and Measure for Measure in Taiwan